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JD
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Aled wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> I've recently had an odd problem on my M-reg 300Tdi Disco. The front
> windscreen wipers are slowing down. They're no longer as fast as they
> used to be (no it's not me, I've compared them to the back one) and when
> they return to their starting position, they now stop about 3" short,
> quivering. I can touch the stalk down to get them to nudge back into
> position, but I have a feeling that there's something that needs sorting
> here.
>
> Anyone seen this before?
>
> Cheers,
> Aled.
The slower speed, stopping short, quivering, suggests to me that some part
of the mechanism is partly seized, but I am not familiar with Disco
mechanism, so that is all I can help with, except the fact that the blades
quiver suggests the partial seizure is close to the blade pivots, if not
the pivots themselves.
JD
> Hi guys.
>
> I've recently had an odd problem on my M-reg 300Tdi Disco. The front
> windscreen wipers are slowing down. They're no longer as fast as they
> used to be (no it's not me, I've compared them to the back one) and when
> they return to their starting position, they now stop about 3" short,
> quivering. I can touch the stalk down to get them to nudge back into
> position, but I have a feeling that there's something that needs sorting
> here.
>
> Anyone seen this before?
>
> Cheers,
> Aled.
The slower speed, stopping short, quivering, suggests to me that some part
of the mechanism is partly seized, but I am not familiar with Disco
mechanism, so that is all I can help with, except the fact that the blades
quiver suggests the partial seizure is close to the blade pivots, if not
the pivots themselves.
JD
